The famous cloisters of England’s Gloucester Cathedral were used as the setting for Hogwart’s School. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Some sets for the film were built in Glen Coe, Scotland, near the Clachaig Inn. Harry Potter (film series) Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on…
If you thought you knew everything there was to know about the film classic “The Wizard of Oz,” then here’s a twister for you. Everyone knows about the Munchkins, portrayed by 124 pituitary midgets in the 1939 film starring Judy Garland. Just as in the original The Wonderful Wizard of…
From the end of the 3rd Century onwards, after 80 years of comparative peace, the Romans often campaigned in Scotland up until the end of their occupation of Britain in the early 5th Century, but they never mounted an attempt to conquer the northern territory again. They wanted to conquer…
The ASPCA refused to allow the horses to be dyed; instead, technicians tinted them with lemon, cherry, and grape flavored powdered gelatin to create a spectrum of white, yellow, red, and purple. They had to be prevented from licking the colored powder off themselves between takes. Horse of a Different…
The Navajo were nomadic people in constant search of food for survival. The Navajo overran the Pueblo People in New Mexico and learned farming, weaving, and various crafts from them. Banditry was the cornerstone of the Navajo economy for many decades. They lived in the American southwest desert regions in…
Like most Iranians the Safavids (1501-1722) were Sunni, although like many outside Shi’ism they venerated Imam Ali (601-661), the first of the 12 Shia imams. The Sunni Iranians had always held the family of Muhammad in high esteem. In contrast, before the Safavid period, a minority of Iranians were Shia…
In short, the Maya came first, and settled in modern-day Mexico. Next came the Olmecs, who also settled Mexico. They didn’t build any major cities, but they were widespread and prosperous. They were followed by the Inca in modern-day Peru, and finally the Aztecs, also in modern-day Mexico. The Maya…
The New Economic PolicyNew Economic PolicyNEP economic reforms aimed to take a step back from central planning and allow the economy to become more independent. NEP labor reforms tied labor to productivity, incentivizing the reduction of costs and the redoubled efforts of labor. Labor unions became independent civic organizations.https://en.wikipedia.org ›…
The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? The exact…
This observation of the cosmos, made that the empire conceived a solar year compound of 12 months, and each of these, consisting of 30 days, divided into 3 weeks of 10 days each. The last day was considered a fair or market day (qhatu), where you could exchange goods (barter).…